Cine-Kodak Model K

Format

16mm

Is Film

Yes

Metering

none

Research

Doug Kerr, The film and cameras that made home movies possible (http://dougkerr.net/Pumpkin/articles/Kodak Cine-Kodak.pdf); Lens mounts of Kodak Cine-Kodak movie cameras (http://dougkerr.net/Pumpkin/articles/Kodak Movie Lens Mounts.pdf); The Kodak Cine-Kodak Special (http://dougkerr.net/Pumpkin/articles/Kodak Cine-Kodak Special.pdf).

Confidence

high

Spec Notes

Introduction price $150 (July 1930). Up to 100 ft, 16 or 8 fr/s, spring motor. Open eye-level finder with the rear element on the body and a front element on each lens. Three lenses documented: focusing 25mm f/1.9, focusing 25mm f/3.5, and a focusing 78mm f/4.5 telephoto - plus Type S lenses through the H, R and J adapters. SERIAL NUMBERS: these bodies DO carry serials (Kerr's own Special is number 330; a Science Museum Group Royal Magazine is 65678) but NO Cine-Kodak serial-to-year scheme is published anywhere - checked across all four Kerr monographs, Wikipedia, Pacific Rim Camera's Cine reference library and two museum catalogues. Date these bodies by model production window only.